Persistent unstable equilibria and the grace period in dynamic models of environmental change

Dynamical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-25

  Gragnani, Alessandra ^a   Milik, Alexandra ^b   Prskawetz, Alexia ^b   Sanderson, Warren C ^c,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRACE PERIOD; GEOMETRICAL SINGULAR PERTURBATION THEORY; LOCAL BIFURCATION THEORY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032022467     PISSN: 14689367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681119808806252     Document Type: Article

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